Cesare Cuspidi1,2, Rita Facchetti1, Fosca Quarti-Trevano1, Carla Sala3, Marijana Tadic4, Guido Grassi1, Giuseppe Mancia5. 1. Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca. 2. Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS. 3. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health University of Milano and Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, Milano, Italy. 4. Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 5. University of Milano-Bicocca and Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy.
Abstract
AIM: Findings regarding the association of left ventricular mass (LVM) and new-onset hypertension are based on blood pressure measured in the office. We sought to assess the value of LVM in predicting in-office and out-of-office incident hypertension in members of the general population enrolled in the Pressioni Monitorate E Loro Associazioni study. METHODS: The study included participants with normal office (n = 792), home (n = 714) and 24-h (n = 825) ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) at baseline evaluation who had a readable echocardiogram at entry and at the end of follow-up. Each normotensive group was divided into quartiles of LVM indexed (LVMI) to height. RESULTS: Over a follow-up of 148 months cumulative incidence of new office, home and 24-h ABP hypertension were 35.9, 30.7 and 36.1%, respectively. In fully adjusted models (including age, sex, BMI change during follow-up, baseline serum glucose, creatinine, total cholesterol office, home and 24-h SBP and DBP). higher LVMI values (i.e. the highest vs. the lowest quartile) were independently associated with an increased risk of home [odds ratio (OR) = 2.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21-3.77, P = 0.008] and 24-h ABP hypertension (OR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.05-2.76, P = 0.03). This was not the case for new-onset office hypertension (OR = 1.61, 95% CI 0.94-2.74, P = 0.07). CONCLUSION: Our study provides the first evidence that in normotensive individuals the magnitude of LVMI is independently associated with the risk of incident out-of-office hypertension.
AIM: Findings regarding the association of left ventricular mass (LVM) and new-onset hypertension are based on blood pressure measured in the office. We sought to assess the value of LVM in predicting in-office and out-of-office incident hypertension in members of the general population enrolled in the Pressioni Monitorate E Loro Associazioni study. METHODS: The study included participants with normal office (n = 792), home (n = 714) and 24-h (n = 825) ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) at baseline evaluation who had a readable echocardiogram at entry and at the end of follow-up. Each normotensive group was divided into quartiles of LVM indexed (LVMI) to height. RESULTS: Over a follow-up of 148 months cumulative incidence of new office, home and 24-h ABP hypertension were 35.9, 30.7 and 36.1%, respectively. In fully adjusted models (including age, sex, BMI change during follow-up, baseline serum glucose, creatinine, total cholesterol office, home and 24-h SBP and DBP). higher LVMI values (i.e. the highest vs. the lowest quartile) were independently associated with an increased risk of home [odds ratio (OR) = 2.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21-3.77, P = 0.008] and 24-h ABP hypertension (OR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.05-2.76, P = 0.03). This was not the case for new-onset office hypertension (OR = 1.61, 95% CI 0.94-2.74, P = 0.07). CONCLUSION: Our study provides the first evidence that in normotensive individuals the magnitude of LVMI is independently associated with the risk of incident out-of-office hypertension.